Hello friends! I am coming to you from a weird, wild time right now. I am a full time mom currently due to the quarantine, my house is a mess, my hair is a mess, my life is just b.o.r.i.n.g. right now, and I am sure you can relate!
I did do ONE really exciting thing, though. I made some BOMB bread pudding! Brett and I love sharing bread pudding when we go out as dessert. We went to Fire by the Monon (Indianapolis area) for our anniversary STRICTLY because the internet said they have the best bread pudding. (Spoiler: they do, and their food is SO GOOD too! I highly recommend!)
When we went, they had an apple pie bread pudding with a bourbon caramel sauce. I’ve wanted to make a recipe like this for FOREVER now, since I’m an avid Chopped watcher. I figured I would give it a go! Luckily, for bread pudding, you likely have all the ingredients on hand! I looked at a TON of recipes and used the knowledge I learned from cooking shows to make this recipe up and it was SO GOOD!
I don’t have a ton of fancy photos because this was all on a whim, but enough people asked for the recipe that I thought I would share on here (and probably come back to it later too.) I hope you enjoy!
Caramel Apple Pie Bread Pudding
Equipment
- Oven
- Stovetop
- Sauce Pan
- 9X9 baking dish
Ingredients
Bread Pudding
- 5-6 c bread use any on hand, cut into 1-2" cubes
- 3/4 c brown sugar
- 3/4 c milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 peeled, thinly sliced and chopped apples
Caramel Sauce
- 1/2 c brown sugar for caramel sauce
- 1/4 c half & half for caramel sauce
- 2 tbsp butter for caramel sauce
- 1 pinch salt for caramel sauce
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract for caramel sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Chop up your bread into 1-2" cubes.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together brown sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon.
- Add cubed bread to bowl. Mix well, then let it sit to soak up the custard mix for 1 hour. Stir occasionally.
- While the bread soaks up the custard, you can make your caramel sauce. Add the brown sugar, half and half, butter, salt, and vanilla to the sauce pan and cook on medium, whisking often, on medium low for 5-6 minutes. Set aside.
- After the hour is up, mix in the apples to the bread pudding mix. Transfer to a greased 9X9 baking dish.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes. To check for doneness, the edges should be brown and the middle should not be "soupy." The custard should be cooked into the bread pieces.
- Pour caramel sauce over the top, serve with fresh whip cream or ice cream on top!
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